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the news is not all good for the obama side either. the president's job approval rating is down a bit to 50%. when we asked about the direction of the country, more said we are heading in the wrong direction. in an attempt to reverse that, obama is bringing congressional leaders to talk sequester. 85 billion in cuts kicks in, sparking the question why wait until friday. one republican calls it a be rated farce saying they should ought to pretend to try. they said they are holding off until after the senate votes and like every other plan. today the president thanked the leaders for agreeing to talk on friday to sort it out. i have been trying to come up on deadline 27 and the fiscal impact. it doesn't seem to be as much urgency, but i wonder if that's not so much an accident. the understanding here this is a play where the sequester will happen and it's a deadline where it takes a while for them to be phased in. you have the continuing resolution that funds the government. the calculation by the white house is it's going to take that t
the news is not all good for the obama side either. the president's job approval rating is down a bit to 50%. when we asked about the direction of the country, more said we are heading in the wrong direction. in an attempt to reverse that, obama is bringing congressional leaders to talk sequester. 85 billion in cuts kicks in, sparking the question why wait until friday. one republican calls it a be rated farce saying they should ought to pretend to try. they said they are holding off until...
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it is all barack obama's fault. i'm concerned about some of the justice department, the wiretaps and all that. i'm concerned about the irs. the irs needs to do its job, to look across the board at these special interest groups that masquerade as charitable organizations. they're not and they shouldn't get tax-exempt status. we can do two things. congress can do investigations. don't overdo it. we move on a farm bill and we need to move on two big to fail and some of these other issues at the same time. which we can do. >> yeah. follow the facts and not just obama bashing. we'll see how those go down. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >>> up next, we'll spin on the day's developments. we have a very special mystery guest. he will take a seat at the table. that's a çhint. a he. a cyclist, a guest. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offer
it is all barack obama's fault. i'm concerned about some of the justice department, the wiretaps and all that. i'm concerned about the irs. the irs needs to do its job, to look across the board at these special interest groups that masquerade as charitable organizations. they're not and they shouldn't get tax-exempt status. we can do two things. congress can do investigations. don't overdo it. we move on a farm bill and we need to move on two big to fail and some of these other issues at the...
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even countries with whom we agree on little agreed on that conviction. now, some have tried to suggest that the debate we're having today is about president obama's red line. i could not more forcefully state that is just plain and simply wrong. this debate is about the world's red line. it's about humanity's red line. and it's a red line that anyone with a conscience ought to draw. this debate is also about congress' own red line. you, the united states congress, agreed to the chemical weapons convention. you, the united states congress, passed the syria accountability act, which says syria's chemical weapons are, quote, threatening the security of the middle east and national security interests of the united states. you, the congress, have spoken out about grave consequences if assad in particular used chemical weapons. so i say to you, senator corker, that is one of the reasons why syria is important. as we debate and the world watches, as you decide and the world wonders not whether assad regime's executed the world's worst chemical weapons attack of
even countries with whom we agree on little agreed on that conviction. now, some have tried to suggest that the debate we're having today is about president obama's red line. i could not more forcefully state that is just plain and simply wrong. this debate is about the world's red line. it's about humanity's red line. and it's a red line that anyone with a conscience ought to draw. this debate is also about congress' own red line. you, the united states congress, agreed to the chemical weapons...
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what that is in some ways is that the reaffirmation, of what in the obama white house was called the light footprint strategy, a strategy moving i way from a focus on these big attritional wars where we send a hundred thousand troops to a country, rewire the nation and after six or seven years discover we haven't done very little other than build recentments there. and more towards the use of america's technological advantage or physical advantage against a smaller group. so there are drone strikes in afghanistan, and in the long run, harmful or helpful. there are cyber strikes of the kind that the book revealed that the united states conducted against iran. and then there's the use of special forces. ultimate light footprint. remember they were in and out of pakistan before the pakistani military even had a chance to respond. >> david in the book you have the chapter, the dark side of the light footprint. you talk about standard that this administration struggled to fashion or new operations including targeted killing. they settled on the notion that a country would have to expressl
what that is in some ways is that the reaffirmation, of what in the obama white house was called the light footprint strategy, a strategy moving i way from a focus on these big attritional wars where we send a hundred thousand troops to a country, rewire the nation and after six or seven years discover we haven't done very little other than build recentments there. and more towards the use of america's technological advantage or physical advantage against a smaller group. so there are drone...
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we send kids off to iraq, lose their legs, they defend our country, and you've got large corporations not paying a nickel in taxes. that's not a nation. that's not what shared sack, sacrifice is about. >> president obama took a real hit during the sequester. he only has a 4-point lead over the republicans. compared to the 18-point lead in december. now he is letting congress, you folks duke out the budget. we don't know when he'll present his own budget. you have white house advisers saying these meetings have a joke and a waste of time. would you have liked to have seen more leadership from the president on these budgetary issues? >> who knows why somebody's poll ratings go down. i don't. what the american people want is not just leadership in an abstract way. what they want is leadership that will fight for working families in the middle class who are being really devastated as a result of this recession. we don't talk about it enough. but median family income has plummeted. real unemployment, over 14%. millions of people are working for lower wages than they used to. my feeling is
we send kids off to iraq, lose their legs, they defend our country, and you've got large corporations not paying a nickel in taxes. that's not a nation. that's not what shared sack, sacrifice is about. >> president obama took a real hit during the sequester. he only has a 4-point lead over the republicans. compared to the 18-point lead in december. now he is letting congress, you folks duke out the budget. we don't know when he'll present his own budget. you have white house advisers...
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michelle obama responding to a heckler during a private fund raiser in d.c. last night. the woman was demanding an executive order to be signed regarding lbgt discrimination. the first lady clearly did not appreciate the interruption. telling the crowd, listen to me, or you can take the mic, but i'm leaving. you all decide. you have one choice. boom, i'll stop this car right now and turn around. needless to say, the dnc fund-raiser crowd urged her to stay. it reminded me of richard pryor playing the president in 1997 and dealing with a heckler in an interesting way. the man has a right to ask a question. please, please. let's have some defcorum. now what is the question? >> your mother was maid in atlanta. >> yeah. >> after your tenure, when your mother goes back to being a maid, will your mama do my house? >> we ask, how would you have handled the heckler? >> no one, including the first lady, has to tolerate such rude behavior. i support free speech but the constitution doesn't promote this. american manners have gone to the dogs. >>> we will dig into public support of
michelle obama responding to a heckler during a private fund raiser in d.c. last night. the woman was demanding an executive order to be signed regarding lbgt discrimination. the first lady clearly did not appreciate the interruption. telling the crowd, listen to me, or you can take the mic, but i'm leaving. you all decide. you have one choice. boom, i'll stop this car right now and turn around. needless to say, the dnc fund-raiser crowd urged her to stay. it reminded me of richard pryor...
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a fraud, how will that affect the ability to govern the country? no, no. i guess what i'm kind of struck by is we're talking about now few days away from the second inauguration, what are the big themes to define the obama term and seems to me maybe more than we have seen in the recent past, this second term really, the basic contours of the second term set in place. it is this fight over what the safety net is, what the balance between spending cuts and revenue increases should be in terms of dealing with the deficit. that's been the battle that's waged since early 2011 and republicans grabbed control of the house. they have the house for two years and feels like more of a ceremonial second inaugural than usual. >> yeah. and i think he's going to have a very tough -- toure was right saying i have a limited idea of how much to get done in this term. lbj in 1965 had had the largest landslide in history, more democrats in congress than any other time in the 20th century except for roosevelt and told the people, we have got six months because i'm goin
a fraud, how will that affect the ability to govern the country? no, no. i guess what i'm kind of struck by is we're talking about now few days away from the second inauguration, what are the big themes to define the obama term and seems to me maybe more than we have seen in the recent past, this second term really, the basic contours of the second term set in place. it is this fight over what the safety net is, what the balance between spending cuts and revenue increases should be in terms of...
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one thing under president obama is the expansion of signature rights. where we are targeting people based on a pattern of life. we don't know their identities. we don't have any evidence or intelligence to say they are aimed against the united states and we just preemtively go in and kill them. i'm concerned about that and i guess maybe i'm crazy to think that we actually should abide by our constitution and principles and believe in a system where we present evidence against people that before we give them the death penalty. there's no doubt there are no fairus individuals, trying to poison u.s. water supplies or blow up u.s. planes. what is the most effective way to address the attacks? precrime will encourage more radicalization and bring more harm or threats to our society. >> the president gave a major counterterrorism speech. he talked about signature strikes. there is some indication there might be a willingness to change the policy that policy may be change egg. that speech as a whole, though, was there any major policy shift or approach shift t
one thing under president obama is the expansion of signature rights. where we are targeting people based on a pattern of life. we don't know their identities. we don't have any evidence or intelligence to say they are aimed against the united states and we just preemtively go in and kill them. i'm concerned about that and i guess maybe i'm crazy to think that we actually should abide by our constitution and principles and believe in a system where we present evidence against people that before...
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president obama making it very clear, though, u.s. troops will still be in harm's way if they continue to be in the country. the big question mark remanes, how many troops are in afghanistan after 2014? today, president obama not answering that question but saying that he is going to consult with the commanders and come up with a solution and announce that within what he called the coming months. his language was very interesting today. he continuously say if we have troops there after 2014. the white house, the president today signaling they might be leaning toward a more scaled back troop presence after 2014. as you mentioned, the white house earlier this week suggesting that the president might be open to having zero troops in the country. of course, that's coming under some criticism. people who say that will leave the country vulnerable. open to essentially destabilizing, deinvolving in to a civil war. hamid karzai has privately said that he favors a more robust u.s. troop presence but today, of course, he said troops are less im
president obama making it very clear, though, u.s. troops will still be in harm's way if they continue to be in the country. the big question mark remanes, how many troops are in afghanistan after 2014? today, president obama not answering that question but saying that he is going to consult with the commanders and come up with a solution and announce that within what he called the coming months. his language was very interesting today. he continuously say if we have troops there after 2014....
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country. what would it take to get them in line and have a negative birthrate like that in europe without this workforce here in the united states and many big business folks and republicans from texas and florida here in the capitol they want. that message probably can't go wrong on that especially for folks here on capitol hill. >> but luke, on your spending problem point, i thought according to republicans it's the president when's behind the sequester cuts, he is mr. austerity. that's not an issue. he's too kra cone idraconian. >> that's the thing they have been pushing forward left and right recently. sequester is a thing that originated with democrats and supported by republicans, looked forward as a way to go forward. john boehner said he got 98% 0 of what he wanted in the sequester. >> exactly. i have something i hope the president mentions tonight. he mentioned it in the victory speech after he won and in the inaugural address which is election reform and so far cursory mentions to lo
country. what would it take to get them in line and have a negative birthrate like that in europe without this workforce here in the united states and many big business folks and republicans from texas and florida here in the capitol they want. that message probably can't go wrong on that especially for folks here on capitol hill. >> but luke, on your spending problem point, i thought according to republicans it's the president when's behind the sequester cuts, he is mr. austerity. that's...
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president rou hanny in iran, a huge step forward for the two countries that have not known trust for 30 years. >> yeah. and i've got to tell you, the iran piece very important and historic. i think what we heard from the president receipt now was a message of someone who gexpects the government to shut down. that's where the messaging was. it was a dark and down set of statements about republican irresponsibility. >> let's see what kristen welker in the briefing room has to say about that. kristen, are you there? >> yes, i am there, thank you. had a small technical difficulty there, but just fixed it. i think the headline, of course, this is the first time an american president has spoken to the leader of iran since 1979. you heard the president say that he wanted to come to a deal expeditiously in terms of iran's nuclear program. the question, of course, is what does expeditiously mean. the president of iran says he would like to see a deal come together over the next several months. so, of course, this is something that we'll be tracking and we will try to put some specifics on wha
president rou hanny in iran, a huge step forward for the two countries that have not known trust for 30 years. >> yeah. and i've got to tell you, the iran piece very important and historic. i think what we heard from the president receipt now was a message of someone who gexpects the government to shut down. that's where the messaging was. it was a dark and down set of statements about republican irresponsibility. >> let's see what kristen welker in the briefing room has to say...
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picking fights with other countries that have expressed skepticism about a military response to the chemical weapons attack. how is this playing out so far, chuck? >> reporter: good evening here, abby. it is actually dinner time, and that's an important point because right now is this working dinner that's going on between the 20 world leaders at the g-20. as vladimir putin putting at the meeting of the g-20 leaders, he said, let's not talk about syria now, let's wait until the working dinner. what i'm told the president wants to do at this dinner is lay out his case. frankly, it's the same case that we've heard publicly. it's the same case that many senators and many members of congress have heard privately from the president. he's going to lay out his case why he believes this action is necessary. what white house aids hope to get out of this dinner. they know they won't get putin on their side and they know they won't get china on their side. they hope to get 10 countries on their side. they think that's doable if you throw in korea, canada, australia. they think that would be an
picking fights with other countries that have expressed skepticism about a military response to the chemical weapons attack. how is this playing out so far, chuck? >> reporter: good evening here, abby. it is actually dinner time, and that's an important point because right now is this working dinner that's going on between the 20 world leaders at the g-20. as vladimir putin putting at the meeting of the g-20 leaders, he said, let's not talk about syria now, let's wait until the working...
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this is something that in our country and america, the richest country in the world, we should take care of our kids. >> of course, that was tom and jeff bridges and laurie, i mean, everyone from those gentlemen to michelle obama and michael bloomberg shining a light on childhood obesity and an added benefit of having famous voices attached to the cause helped shine the light on it anymore? >> i think the jury's out and we have famous faces in the film and coming out soon and we hope it brings people to the theater and if that's what it takes, great. famous people and celebrities, great chefs in the nation working really hard on this issue. but they've been working to get people to increase the charitable response and the truth is that charity, even increasing it by tenfold could not take on the problem and fix it. if we're feeding people, they're still hungry the next day and the next day until we look at the system and how it's broken and fix that. >> if there's one thing that people could really take away from that film, if there's one thing to impress upon the country out of this fil
this is something that in our country and america, the richest country in the world, we should take care of our kids. >> of course, that was tom and jeff bridges and laurie, i mean, everyone from those gentlemen to michelle obama and michael bloomberg shining a light on childhood obesity and an added benefit of having famous voices attached to the cause helped shine the light on it anymore? >> i think the jury's out and we have famous faces in the film and coming out soon and we...
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will vote and decide whether we go to war or not. >> the big problem for the messaging from the obama administration and on "morning joe", jay carney was pressed about this very issue. >> do you understand why we all feel there's a message problem? >> well, i understand that this is complicated business and that for most -- >> let me just stop. that's what you say when you think people are stupid and the public -- the public is not stupid. we get complicated. we get nuanced and people voted two times for a president who is nuanced. but he has been down right contradictory. >> michael, we know there has been a messaging people and the american people are not stupid which is why we're seeing numbers in the polls today. this is going to be a challenge for the president tonight. what can he say to change public perception? >> talk very directly about his real reasons for wanting to possibly have the strike. i think one of the problems with both iraq and vietnam is that to this day, for instance, there are many americans who feel they do not know the central reason why the bush administrat
will vote and decide whether we go to war or not. >> the big problem for the messaging from the obama administration and on "morning joe", jay carney was pressed about this very issue. >> do you understand why we all feel there's a message problem? >> well, i understand that this is complicated business and that for most -- >> let me just stop. that's what you say when you think people are stupid and the public -- the public is not stupid. we get complicated....
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communities and giving an update on her push to get the country's biggest corporations to hire more veterans on this tenth anniversary of the iraq war. let's remember that the unemployment rate for iraq and afghanistan veterans stands at 9.4%. well above the national average. and for women, it is actually even worse with an 11.6% unemployment rate. our next grefts two women on a mission to change that by giving our veterans the tools they need to go from battlefield to boss. with us now, the founder, president and ceo of count me in for women's economic independence, and c.j. scarlet, a former marine and founder of roving coach. and c.j., let's start with you. do you think that military service gives women a particular leg up when it comes to being entrepreneurs and actually striking out on their own, starting their own business? >> absolutely. i believe that the military gives you this opportunity to develop discipline and leadership skills that you don't get in a civilian world. and so the opportunity to have access to these kinds of tools serve you very well in the corporate comm
communities and giving an update on her push to get the country's biggest corporations to hire more veterans on this tenth anniversary of the iraq war. let's remember that the unemployment rate for iraq and afghanistan veterans stands at 9.4%. well above the national average. and for women, it is actually even worse with an 11.6% unemployment rate. our next grefts two women on a mission to change that by giving our veterans the tools they need to go from battlefield to boss. with us now, the...